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WASHINGTON – “We are deeply disturbed by this disregard for fundamental humanitarian protections and U.S. asylum law,” said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso today after President Biden issued a proclamation restricting access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. The action relies on provisions in federal immigration law that were enacted prior to the…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Every encounter with people on the move as migrants or refugees is an encounter with Christ, Pope Francis said. “It is an occasion charged with salvation because Jesus is present in the sister or brother in need of our help. In this sense, the poor save us, because they enable us…
ROME (CNS) — When Catholics carry the Eucharist through the streets, “we are not doing this to show off or to flaunt our faith” but to invite others to share in the life that Jesus gives by making himself a gift, Pope Francis said. “Let’s make the procession in this spirit, ” the pope said…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly will leave his post in July, the embassy announced. The ambassador will step down from his role and return to his native Indiana on July 8, the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See said in a post on X published May 30. “It…
ROME (CNS) — The first years of priesthood are challenging, and the best way to survive and thrive is through closeness to God, to one’s bishop, one’s fellow priests and to one’s parishioners, Pope Francis told priests who have been ordained less than 10 years. “One never comes out of a crisis alone,” the pope…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The social and political problems plaguing modern society can be resolved only by allowing the Holy Spirit to heal humanity’s inner turmoil, Pope Francis said. “Around us, we can say there is external chaos, social chaos, political chaos. We think of wars, we think of so many children who do not…